History at Franklin and Marshall College

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a history school? To help you decide if Franklin and Marshall College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's history program.

Franklin and Marshall is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,254 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in History section at the bottom of this page.

Franklin and Marshall History Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in History

Franklin and Marshall History Rankings

The history major at Franklin and Marshall is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

History Student Demographics at Franklin and Marshall

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at Franklin and Marshall College.

Franklin and Marshall History Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Franklin and Marshall since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Franklin and Marshall are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Franklin and Marshall College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Franklin and Marshall College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	11

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Franklin and Marshall College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Managers	11,060	$126,290
History Professors	1,000	$93,300
Curators	670	$53,840
Museum Technicians and Conservators	600	$42,700

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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